[T]he president has the power to order the open-ended detention of anyone he designates an "enemy combatant." [More]What, you mean like "Homegrown Terrorists"?
[Via Ron W]
Monday, March 09, 2009
Anyone
[Via Ron W]
Random Political Thoughts
I'm not going to link to specific individuals here. That said, there are certain conclusions being promulgated that could use a counterbalance. Just because assertions are made doesn't mean they're true.
We're told what a great victory NRA holding up the DC vote bill based on the gun amendment is--what clout it shows they still have. First, it ain't a done deal. Second the DC representation bill is unconstitutional. It's defenders, though, are OK with that because that's how politics must be played.
I've never been big on you must destroy something to save it. And if we somehow do "win," the trade-off will be another socialist gain at the nationwide level (the Utah concession will not be a complete counterbalance, because they embrace plenty of leftist nonsense, too) while something already in the judicial pipeline will be implemented over a relatively small population--and most of them don't want it anyway.
We're also told that political capital is justified here, but not in the case of Eric Holder because he never had a chance. We'll never know, though, what would have happened had Senators been told they would not get a pass, and had a membership of millions been mobilized. Perhaps if the statement were revised to say the Holder confirmation never had a chance because of lack of leadership and excuse-making for it...
We're also told that Kirsten Gillibrand's turning is the fault of her critics--that instead, we should have sent her money or something. Good grief.
And finally, I would like to address NRA Board of Director nominations. We're told direct questions designed to evoke unequivocal answers about where they stand on RKBA/SNBI will not be asked because they are not politically effective.
I'll say this much--of the nominees I am seeing endorsed, one publicly dismissed hard liners to the LA Times as "those people" (as in "I would not consider those people mainstream America"), and the gun he was lobbying to defend ended up banned. Perhaps publicly referring to it as "toy" and talking about "our fine hobby" was perceived as more politically effective than speaking of unalienable rights? You sure can't tell by the results.
Another of the nominees has publicly stated he would arrest an otherwise peaceable person who he discovered was carrying concealed without a permit. One can only wonder if he would do this on an individual level what his professional response to a general confiscation order would be.
You'll get no NRA Director endorsement from me until my questions are answered--properly. Electing people who are not afraid to publicly and specifically declare their principles along these lines is the only thing that will bring real change to the board. Which means the apologists have "won" and the status quo will continue.
And we'll continue to enjoy the same political effectiveness that brought us Barack Obama and a democrat sweep of both houses.
You go ahead and listen to those fellows who disagree with me if you want--you'll hardly be alone. I don't expect more than a small percentage of gun owners to agree with me on any given day anyway. As an aside, of those who do, some of you are my best teachers. Thank you.
We're told what a great victory NRA holding up the DC vote bill based on the gun amendment is--what clout it shows they still have. First, it ain't a done deal. Second the DC representation bill is unconstitutional. It's defenders, though, are OK with that because that's how politics must be played.
I've never been big on you must destroy something to save it. And if we somehow do "win," the trade-off will be another socialist gain at the nationwide level (the Utah concession will not be a complete counterbalance, because they embrace plenty of leftist nonsense, too) while something already in the judicial pipeline will be implemented over a relatively small population--and most of them don't want it anyway.
We're also told that political capital is justified here, but not in the case of Eric Holder because he never had a chance. We'll never know, though, what would have happened had Senators been told they would not get a pass, and had a membership of millions been mobilized. Perhaps if the statement were revised to say the Holder confirmation never had a chance because of lack of leadership and excuse-making for it...
We're also told that Kirsten Gillibrand's turning is the fault of her critics--that instead, we should have sent her money or something. Good grief.
And finally, I would like to address NRA Board of Director nominations. We're told direct questions designed to evoke unequivocal answers about where they stand on RKBA/SNBI will not be asked because they are not politically effective.
I'll say this much--of the nominees I am seeing endorsed, one publicly dismissed hard liners to the LA Times as "those people" (as in "I would not consider those people mainstream America"), and the gun he was lobbying to defend ended up banned. Perhaps publicly referring to it as "toy" and talking about "our fine hobby" was perceived as more politically effective than speaking of unalienable rights? You sure can't tell by the results.
Another of the nominees has publicly stated he would arrest an otherwise peaceable person who he discovered was carrying concealed without a permit. One can only wonder if he would do this on an individual level what his professional response to a general confiscation order would be.
You'll get no NRA Director endorsement from me until my questions are answered--properly. Electing people who are not afraid to publicly and specifically declare their principles along these lines is the only thing that will bring real change to the board. Which means the apologists have "won" and the status quo will continue.
And we'll continue to enjoy the same political effectiveness that brought us Barack Obama and a democrat sweep of both houses.
You go ahead and listen to those fellows who disagree with me if you want--you'll hardly be alone. I don't expect more than a small percentage of gun owners to agree with me on any given day anyway. As an aside, of those who do, some of you are my best teachers. Thank you.
Wee Republic
If you cannot discuss racism on a conservative message board where can you discuss it? [More]Apparently, this is too much for them.
We're the Only Ones Pre-Qualified Enough
A man suspected of robbing a California store has landed in custody after turning up to take a police entrance examination in the same town. [More]Sounds like he's got a practical life experience leg up on some "Only One" applicants.
[Via Mama Liberty]
Self Defense
Without guns, of course.
the pistolero is right to be thoroughly disgusted.
Hey, if it's good enough for Rihanna...
the pistolero is right to be thoroughly disgusted.
Hey, if it's good enough for Rihanna...
"Obama or Die"
Check out Obama supporter Chris Brown.
Chris, dude: That's a serious message. If you got rid of the "or" it would probably be a crime.
And here's Chris Brown's sweetie, Rihanna. Hey, he's not going to tell her again.
What could the poor girl have done to protect herself? Ah--one problem: Chris Brown's main man--the one with an armed-to-the-teeth taxpayer-funded Praetorian Guard-- doesn't think people should be carrying guns around. He says "that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations."
That more guilty people might get shot did not factor into the discussion.
But that's OK. Rihanna loves Obama too.
And she might even take Chris back, because he showered her with gifts for her 21st birthday...
Gee, I hope nobody thinks I'm insensitive if I bring up the subject of poor individual choices, or observe that some people apparently have a sick need to be dominated...
It's because of them that you and I must disarm. Or something.
Hey: Obama and d... uh, sorry...or die!
Chris, dude: That's a serious message. If you got rid of the "or" it would probably be a crime.
And here's Chris Brown's sweetie, Rihanna. Hey, he's not going to tell her again.
What could the poor girl have done to protect herself? Ah--one problem: Chris Brown's main man--the one with an armed-to-the-teeth taxpayer-funded Praetorian Guard-- doesn't think people should be carrying guns around. He says "that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations."
That more guilty people might get shot did not factor into the discussion.
But that's OK. Rihanna loves Obama too.
And she might even take Chris back, because he showered her with gifts for her 21st birthday...
Gee, I hope nobody thinks I'm insensitive if I bring up the subject of poor individual choices, or observe that some people apparently have a sick need to be dominated...
It's because of them that you and I must disarm. Or something.
Hey: Obama and d... uh, sorry...or die!
A Massachusetts Sovereign
Ron Bokleman, President of of Norfolk County League of Sportsmen has submitted for consideration a State sovereignty resolution for Massachusetts which has been filed by Rep. Elizabeth Poirier. You can read the resolution and about it from this starting point.
Bokleman provides clarification on why he's doing this and what he hopes to accomplish in a follow-up article. I bring it to your attention for a reason: I want you to read it.
Bokleman provides clarification on why he's doing this and what he hopes to accomplish in a follow-up article. I bring it to your attention for a reason: I want you to read it.
"We Will Not Obey"
We will NOT obey any order to disarm the American people...That's probably for the best, since we will not comply with those orders...
From Oath Keepers. [More]
Tyranny is Counting on Ignorance
This is the American electorate. These are the people who cancel and overwhelm your vote. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column spotlights the Heirs of Liberty, aka "The New Eloi."
Also see important developments in Massachusetts and South Dakota, and read the latest from my fellow GREs.
This Day in History: March 9
Though I Never Wish to Complain I cant help The Disagreeable feelings So Common to mankind when they find themselves Slighted & Neglected. When I had Compleated the Disagreeable retreat from Canada I was Superseaded with Circumstances of Indignity Since which & before Every Major General Except myself have had the Honor of Commanding posts Separated from the Main Army. [More]
Sunday, March 08, 2009
March 1959 Guns Magazine is Now Online
It is once again my pleasure to bring to Gun Rights Examiner readers a special treat. I've told you before how Guns Magazine, where I write the monthly "Rights Watch" column, posts their issue from 50 years ago on their website.
Here's the March 1959 issue, available as a free download. [More]
You owe it to yourself to check this out. You owe it to your friends to tell them about it.
Also get the latest from my fellow GREs...
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Patches, I'm Dependin' on You, Son...*
"Fortune favors the bold," and you'll look both bold and fortunate if you're bold enough to wear this and fortunate enough to get one.Not quite the advertising spiel that'll sell millions of these?
S'OK--if , say, 3% of you reading this post order one, they'll be doing fine.
Show your proud affiliation and get what's sure to be a post-SHTF collectible. And I think I'll use this opportunity to coin a new term:
Threeperwear.
Go to WRSA to find out how you can show your membership in the Merry Band--sure to make you stand out in any surveillance. I intend to wear mine.
Oh, and what's this all for? Well, Random House isn't exactly beating down doors to publish "Absolved," and a book tour is something that needs to happen. Those of you who want to see this effort succeed--and who want to look smart in the field while it does--should need no further motivation.
Here's how to order.
* And I do apologize, but c'mon--it takes place in Alabama.
"Principles" Essential but Insufficient
The following is an email from "WD," a contributor to a small group I correspond with. He has given me permission to post it here. It is a constructive critique of the "Oath Keepers principles" we linked to the other day.
One of the aspects of our national and cultural institutions that troubles me is the shallowness of our shared social compact. The DOI principles elicited are not adequate to define the unique nature of our political and governing institutions which combine a multi-tiered republican social compact, the principles of British constitutionalism and the underpinnings of Natural Law (“Ordained by their Creator…”).Mike Vanderboegh has more thought-provoking commentary springing from these correspondences.
The fundamental problem in our country today is that no-one has a common [shared] sense of what undergirds the DOI principles, therefore, everyone is free to ‘interpret’ them as they see fit – including justification for the tyranny of simple majority rule (direct or representative). County counsel shut down your business - it is legal. State seize your property for failure to pay ever-increasing property taxes – it is legal. Federal BLM administrative rules change such that you cannot ranch on land you’ve held for three generations – times have changed. Your property needed for a World Biosphere or new city greenway or that big supporter property developer’s new project – oh well, should have thought of that when you voted for the losers last election.
There are limits; limits prescribed by natural law.
This idea is missing…
Else, our adherence to the tired shibboleths of the 2nd Amendment, in the face of massive public opposition and “reasonable restrictions and compromises” becomes nothing but outworn obstinacy in the face of manifest, majority “consent of the governed”…
"No Guns for Negroes"
Aaron Zelman, Executive Director of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, has been at the leading edge of creative gun rights advocacy since he first became prominent in the movement in the mid-Eighties. He's working on a new project that takes the gloves off. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows us a guy who knows how to play hardball. Please share this with your friends, because he could use some teammates, and this tells them how to sign up.
This Day in History: March 7
How may possibly attempt this Town, and a Pack of sordid Scoundrels male and female, seem to have prepared their Minds and Bodies, Houses and Cellars for his Reception: but these are few, and more despicable in Character than Number. America will loose nothing, by Hows gaining this Town. No such Panick will be spread by it, now as was spread by the Expectation of it in December. [More]
Friday, March 06, 2009
We're the Only Ones Sic 'em Enough
A man who was taking the garbage out at his job and was suddenly attacked by a Cookeville Police dog last year has filed a $2 million lawsuit against the police department. [More]But isn't that the kind of training and response we've come to expect from the "Only Ones"?
Me, I say the guy's lucky he wasn't charged with felony assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.
[Via Carl S]
We're the Only Ones Strictly Enforcing Enough
MARTA police will strictly enforce all provisions of the law, the transit agency said. [More]Even if it means enforcing non-existing laws for which they have no legal authority. And violating existing laws to do it.
Say, can I ignore real laws and make up my own and strictly enforce them too? Or is that the sole province of the "Only Ones"?
[Via GeorgiaCarry.org]
Why We Need to Disarm You and Me
Crawford served almost five years in prison for voluntary manslaughter, according to prison records. He was released in 2000, returned to prison on a felonious assault conviction and released again in 2007. [More]And she marries him.
Nope, no consequences for poor choices here at all.
If only we had gun control.
[Via Kurt Hofmann]
Pretty Funny
This video...
Michael Moore's meltdown had me laughing.
I see attempts by our side to use this medium, and they're too often derailed either through poor presentation skills or production values.
This Steven Crowder guy has talent.
Michael Moore's meltdown had me laughing.
I see attempts by our side to use this medium, and they're too often derailed either through poor presentation skills or production values.
This Steven Crowder guy has talent.
I'm Willing "to Engage"
On February 18th 2009, Eric Holder, our first African American Attorney General gave a well-publicized speech in which he called Americans cowards for, among other things, refusing to engage in an open, frank dialogue about our race relations. [More]It's called "projection."
The cowards are Holder and his co-conspirators in citizen disarmament who refuse to engage in open and frank dialogue about race and "gun control."
[Via Ron W]
New Black Panthers Demonstrate Responsible Gun Use?
The Panther's affinity for Marxist dogma notwithstanding, their stand demonstrates the true meaning and power behind the Second Amendment's guarantee that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. But the incident also speaks loudly for how rights are selectively recognized by the authorities. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column continues this week's discussion on race and guns.
Also in this article: Alerts from Georgia and Nevada, and the latest commentary from my fellow GREs.
Please read and share it with your friends.
UPDATE: The lefties on Digg are burying our GRE articles to keep them from getting to the front page--this means when they succeed, they are literally denying that tens of thousands of readers get to see them--I'm not BSing--it's something we are working on among ourselves in our group correspondences. Because it's a social network that works that way, there is very little we can do to stop that if supporters of these articles don't help us keep that from happening by digging and sharing in greater numbers. It's just another one of those cases where simple inaction can mean the difference between success and failure.
This Day in History: March 6
Exchange of Prisoners, and which by their direction was transmitted to Genl. Howe, was founded on principles of Equality, in number, and in rank. From thence, no demand, as a matter of right, can be made of Genl. Lee's releasement, for any Officer or number of Officers of inferior rank. [More]
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Just Like a Real Dictatorship
President for Life Obama. It has kind of a "Dear Leader" ring to it, doesn't it? [More]
And naturally, Serrano proves his loyalties in other ways.
And naturally, Serrano proves his loyalties in other ways.
With Friends Like These...
I took a screenshot of an ad on Drudge yesterday:
It clicked over to here:
...which is somehow affiliated with Newsmax.com, an ostensibly "conservative" site.
Thanks, guys. Nothing like implying an unfounded and hurtful conclusion about handguns. We really appreciate you reaching millions of people with that imagery.
And as long as we're segueing into stooges, is the advertisement photo you're using to make money with one with a licensing agreement?
It clicked over to here:
...which is somehow affiliated with Newsmax.com, an ostensibly "conservative" site.
Thanks, guys. Nothing like implying an unfounded and hurtful conclusion about handguns. We really appreciate you reaching millions of people with that imagery.
And as long as we're segueing into stooges, is the advertisement photo you're using to make money with one with a licensing agreement?
Sir Theodore of the Pond
MPs' fury as U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy gets honorary knighthood for Northern Ireland role [More]A title. How fitting for the Prince of Camelot and someone who was born to rule.
Of course, an American Patriot would decline on principle.
Go ahead, somebody say it.
We're the Only Ones with a Burning Desire Enough
A former Portland police officer convicted of shooting his wife more than a decade ago is in trouble with the law again. This time he was charged with arson. [More]Sounds like just a hunk, a hunk of burning "Only One" love...
[Via Jeffersonian]
No Argument
I don’t know if I would have done anything differently in the situation [More]This situation.
And I agree.
I don't think we should do anything different.
We're the Only Ones Not Just Thugs, But Lying Thugs Enough
After a beat down in an elevator, Joshua Daniel Ortiz ended up with his nose broken and facing a charge of battering a Fort Lauderdale police officer.It looks like the "Only Ones" figure--based on long experience and institutional acceptance of such conduct--that they can manhandle the other passengers, too. And they still feel they can lie even though there are witnesses, because we know whose word carries more weight.
The 22-year-old Sunrise man was surprised and delighted to learn Wednesday that Broward prosecutors were dropping the case against him after reviewing an elevator surveillance video showing three officers aggressively rush and beat Ortiz to the ground. [More]
If the video did not exist, the beating victim would also be deemed a criminal. Yet the criminal conduct here is obvious.
Whose Paranoid has more.
We're the Only Ones Thanking Our Lucky Stars Enough
Prisoner takes away deputy's gun. [More]
Luck and the stars should have nothing to do with it. Not that we'd expect an "Authorized Journalist" to know that.
You know what we need to prevent such takeaway incidents?
Smart guns.
"Only Ones" exempted, of course.
[Via "Bill Hicks"]
Luck and the stars should have nothing to do with it. Not that we'd expect an "Authorized Journalist" to know that.
You know what we need to prevent such takeaway incidents?
Smart guns.
"Only Ones" exempted, of course.
[Via "Bill Hicks"]
Tea Time
America is on the brink of another revolution. [More]I'll say. I sure hope the oppressors are impressed with the civil kind.
Anybody ever figure out if the Masters will view mailing a teabag as a terrorist act, warranting the attendant armed kidnapping and or destruction if you don't want to be beaten and dragged off...?
[Via Texas Spitfire]
Touching the 'Third Rail' of Race and Guns
[We] also can't forget to look at race--not as a cause of violent crime, but as an indicator of populations most directly affected by and responsive to a continuing history of destructive government policies. If we're afraid to even address this, we're never going to be able to make things right. And those hurt the most by this self-imposed blindness will continue to be the least prosperous and protected among us. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column continues on the theme of minority citizen-targeted disarmament.
Also, South Dakota Gun Owners issues an alert about an anti-gun politician--one reportedly with an A+ rating from NRA. Links are there to find out more.
Links to the most current offerings from my fellow GREs are also provided.
Please head on over there and share it with your friends. I promised feral sons Uday and Qusay a scrap of goat fat in their gruel if I can earn enough from page views.
This Day in History: March 5
NEW BRUNSWICK March 5, 1777
Americans attack Hessian pickets and capture forage...[More]
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Why Doesn't He Change His Name to Orwell?
"Freeman" truly is Orwellian for this creature. How nice to see our new National Intelligence Council chair deem the ChiComs too restrained over Tienanmen Square, and applaud the routing of the Bonus March vets.
Freedom is slavery. [More]
[Via Michael Dukes]
UPDATE: Oh look. No wonder he's so supportive of order in Beijing.
Freedom is slavery. [More]
[Via Michael Dukes]
UPDATE: Oh look. No wonder he's so supportive of order in Beijing.
We're the Only Ones Crashing Enough
The Coming Assault Barbie Ban
The Barbie Ban Bill, proposed by Democratic Delegate Jeff Eldridge (D) Lincoln County, says such toys influence girls to place too much importance on physical beauty, at the expense of their intellectual and emotional development. [More]Good grief.
Here's the bill.
Here's the idiot.
Do you think it's nature or nurture?
Because...
...we want our charges to be ignorant and sheeplike, and this works against that goal. [More]
Subversive idiots.
[Via The Bitter Clinger]
Subversive idiots.
[Via The Bitter Clinger]
That Which Unites Us
Earning His Stripes
The chief federal judge in Southeast Georgia gave a judicial tongue-lashing to a Waycross firearms dealer for "self-serving" and "unbelievable" testimony about his failure to keep records of weapon transactions at his gun shop. [More]I wouldn't mind administering a lashing myself.
To anyone who would presume authority over this matter without being able to produce authorization.
[Via John G]
We're the Only Ones Demonic Enough
An evangelist cop who saw a demon at 1 Police Plaza and acted "godlike" is suing the NYPD to get his gun back. [More]Why this "Only One" shouldn't be able to wield the flaming sword and keep the rest of us from the Tree of Life is not for us to question.
Hell, if he's in New York, he probably did see demons.
I wonder how many of them were in uniform?
Why Gun Confiscation May be Good for You
We're the Only Ones Youth-Oriented Enough
What happens with the children, I asked. "They cry out," he answered. "And what happens when they cry out?" "Two persons will capture her while she is crying and another raping her, then they leave her there," came his reply. [More]Any questions on why the government cannot have a monopoly of arms, that is, "Only Ones"?
Any doubts that this is what Paul Helmke, Eric Holder, Rebecca Peters, Mike Bloomberg, Richard Daley, et al will enable if they are allowed to prevail?
We're the Only Ones Minding Your Manners Enough
A Canadian who demanded courtesy from a U.S. border security guard says he was pepper sprayed and held in custody for three hours for asking the disrespectful officer to "say please" when ordering him to turn his car off during a search. [More]This reminds me of the time when I instructed elder feral son Uday (or was it younger feral son Qusay?) to stop doing something irritating and he came back at me with "What's the magic word?"
"Now!" I growled.
When it involves "Only Ones," it stops being funny.
Who do we think we are, anyway?
[Via Avg Joe]
Ignorance, Racism and "Gun Control"
Still, this opens the door to discussing a "third rail" we cannot avoid if we are to have a complete dialog: guns and race, or more accurately, gun rights and racism.
So when President Obama says "what works in Chicago may not work in Cheyenne," demographics must not be excluded from the factors he thinks make Chicago and Cheyenne dissimilar enough to warrant recognizing different rights. It's time to speak plainly about this and stop being, as AG Holder recently called us, "a nation of cowards" when it comes to race. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column takes on a volatile topic. You may want to help temper potential heat with light, so please feel free to weigh in, and please share this with your friends.
As usual, you can access columns from the other Gun Rights Examiners as well.
This Day in History: March 4
Our need of a Reinforcement owing to the departure of the Militia will, in a few days be so great, that if there are not Continental Troops to come forward, it will be proper for you to make application, in my name, to the Council of Safety for a Reinforcement of Militia, and I desire that you will in my Name also call upon the Commanding Officers of the Pensylvania Regiments,and the Regiment of the lower Counties, for a strict obedience to this order. [More]
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Vroom and Yetton's Tree
Start here and then follow the thread.
I think it's pretty funny, but then again, I consider CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO TABERNA to be all you need to know about Situational Leadership® in some cases.
I think it's pretty funny, but then again, I consider CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO TABERNA to be all you need to know about Situational Leadership® in some cases.
We're the Only Ones Making a Cop Reality Show Enough
A uniformed cop accused of raping an East Village woman in her apartment tried to hide from a surveillance camera while using a key to enter her building, sources said yesterday.Huh. Wonder why the "Only Ones" were comfortable enough with the whole activity they ("allegedly") thought they could get away with it?
But what he didn't appear to know was that there was a second camera catching his and his partner's every move [More]
Could it be a combination of Furious Mike's opposition to armed citizens, along with Liberty-Lynchin' Pat's "lift a finger" guarantee...?
Olofson Awaits
A Wisconsin man sent to prison for having a malfunctioning semi-automatic rifle is awaiting word from the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on whether he'll have to serve the rest of his 30-month term. [More]We shall see...
Saving Grace
I got an email from WarOnGuns correspondent Michael G about a TV show "Saving Grace":
Just like real life, right?
The episode involves a serial killer of blonde buxom women who had implants. When Grace's boss tells her that the public needs to be informed, Grace goes into a tirade about how people will start carrying guns and that we don't need that.Like most network garbage, I've never seen the show. I gathered from the email and confirmed by doing a search that Holly Hunter's pretend character plays a cop. Amazing, how fictional heroes always seem to be at the right place at the right time to save the day.
Later her own sister tries to take one of Grace's spare guns and is caught, she goes into another tirade, first saying how her (the sister) hates guns, and did she know anything about them. That the gun was loaded, and did she know about the safety, where it was, and how to unload a firearm...that she would only get herself killed.
Grace then tells her that she is not to buy a gun either. The sister apologizes.
Of course she kills the serial killer...with her gun....as a member of the Only Ones.
Now it's just TV, because as you and I know, the rank and file cops, approve of an armed citizenry. The problem is the dumbed down electorate (by government schools and a leftwing media) are unaware of this factoid.
Just like real life, right?
Prison Nation
One in every 31 U.S. adults is in the corrections system... [More]Hell, we can do a lot better than that. And with Eric Holder prepping the merger of the War on Drugs with the War on Guns...
[Via Plug Nickel Times]
Of Course it's Outrageous. They Like Rubbing Our Faces in it.
Handguns would get more expensive in Wisconsin under Gov. Jim Doyle’s budget proposal.Just call it a "sin tax" and the blue state cheeseheads should eat it right up.
The Democratic governor’s spending plan would increase background check fees to $30 from $8, a move that could affect tens of thousands of gun buyers. Republicans pounced on the idea. Rep. Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, branded it “outrageous.” [More]
[Via Sean Y]
Operation Garden Plot?
In this document signed by the Secretary of the Army, is hereby assigned as DOD Executive Agent for civil disturbance control operations. [More]Big Caveat--this was sent to me by a regular reader. I have no way of determining if the information is accurate or not, as I have not seen the original FOIA request nor the official response, assuming everything is as stated. I offer it here not to perpetuate disinformation or an unfounded conspiracy theory, but to see if anyone can help track down what's really going on here.
Some relevant links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Garden_Plot
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/garden_plot.htm
Google search
[Via Steven S]
In Forma Pauperis
In the case of U.S. v. Hollis Wayne Fincher, there are many things that have occurred which cause one to seriously reevaluate the idea that we actually have a justice system. I would that this be not the case, but the evidence weighs heavily against my desire. [More]Paul W. Davis analyzes the latest setback.
[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]
'Double Indemnity' Meets 'Quest for Fire'
Edward G. Robinson is kneeling down beside a dying Fred MacMurray, who asks for a cigarette (didn't he know that could kill him?). Robinson pulls a match out of his pocket and strikes it with his thumb. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows us that old movies can teach us about freedoms that we once took for granted.
Special guest star, Defender.
I also have announcements from gun rights groups, and links to my fellow Gun Rights Examiners' latest columns.
Please share it far and wide with your friends, on forums, etc.
This Day in History: March 3
I think it probable, that the Ships of War, which were in Chesapeake Bay, are coming to infest you, and I wish they may not find their account in it. [More]
Monday, March 02, 2009
A Willing Slave
[A] bloodlust for killing...pompous enough to call it self-defense...a phallic substitute... [More]Good grief. There's a whole lotta stupid going on here, inside Madison J. Gray's confused and angry skull.
And nope, "dope dealers" don't scare me, child. Seriously. Really. If you think they do, you have no idea what the score is, and seeing as how you're my enemy, that's a good thing. I want you to be as ignorant as possible, and in truth, you exceed all hopes.
No "crawlspace" hiding, either. That's a survival tactic for the disarmed.
Here's my comment in full, in case it gets reported as "offensive," which, face it, is what I was trying to be.
By: David Codrea on 3/02/2009 2:35PM
"Look, those of you who read me regularly, know how much I HATE guns. The very concept of handling a device that is actually designed for the sole purpose of ending a human life, I find abhorrent."
So are you going to send someone else who doesn't have such qualms to die in the civil war your little gun control scheme will start?
I mean, really--what do you do if some of us say "No"?
We will not disarm.
Are you willing to engage in battle and die for your beliefs--or do you expect others will handle the messy part for you?
You're unworthy of the sacrifice men like the Deacons for Defense and Justice made on behalf of Freedom.
I don't expect you to learn from men like Roy Innis--you're one of those self-important fools who thinks he's qualified to teach but in fact is too dull to learn.
Continue being a tool for Massah Uncle Sam's Plantation, you disgusting coward, you willing slave.
[Via Bruce W. Krafft]
Has Anybody Else...
...been getting this message?
I noticed it for the first time over the weekend. I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing it, and particularly on other blogspot blogs...
I noticed it for the first time over the weekend. I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing it, and particularly on other blogspot blogs...
About that Registration List...
Sheriff's office personnel will have instant access to pistol permit records through a new system in the county clerk's office that will allow police to handle cases more quickly during nights and weekends. [More]Sorry. Not my cup of tea.
Oh well, at least there's this:
"We're very careful not to misuse the tools we're given," he said.Thank goodness. Imagine what could happen if they weren't.
[Via Declan]
Michigan Pushes Back
State Rep. Paul Opsommer (R-93) announced today a new bi-partisan package of resolutions that will assert Michigan's right to bear arms under its Constitution, the supremacy of the Second Amendment over the Commerce Clause, and the will of the Michigan legislature to not recognize or enforce unconstitutional firearm restrictions placed upon its citizens. [More]
Looks like the movement continues. I need to find out if someone is keeping track of all these, and what happens to them.
[Via HT]
We're the Only Ones What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas Enough
In the License?
Why don't we just cut to the chase and implant the chips in our hands or foreheads? [More]
Y'know, we never did hear back from Tommy Thompson, did we?
[Via Ron W]
Y'know, we never did hear back from Tommy Thompson, did we?
[Via Ron W]
Controversial
A controversial gun bill passed by the legislature last year paved the way for licensed firearm owners to carry guns in public places such as state parks or historic sites. [More]Leave it to "Authorized Journalists" to characterize having the means to protect yourself and your loved ones as "controversial."
What's controversial is that there are traitors and fools in this country who would oppose it. How people got this evil and ignorant, and what we can do to render them irrelevant to Liberty ought to be what we're focusing on.
Hendren Kicks Fincher When He's Down
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Fincher pay into the United States Treasury the sum of $8,357.55 as reimbursement for legal services provided to him by attorneys appointed under the Court's Criminal Justice Act Plan.See, we can't just crush you under our boot. We have to grind the heel, too.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 26th day of February, 2009.
/s/ Jimm Larry Hendren
JIMM LARRY HENDREN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE [More]
[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]
Oath-Keepers
If you swore the oath, whether you are current military, reserves, national guard, a veteran, or a peace officer (or even a lawyer! – so long as you really meant your oath), write your own testimonial statement as an Oath Keeper... [More]Stewart Rhodes has a great idea. Go and learn about this effort so you can support it--and don't forget to tell your friends.
UPDATE: They have a YouTube page.
How Free is Your State?
A new study out last week raised an intriguing question: How free is your state?The study is here. I don't know if co-author William P. Ruger is related to the gunmaker, but do note favorably that they factor in "gun control" as a measurement criteria.
With state lawmakers in Ohio considering tougher seat-belt enforcement for civilians and shorter prison stays for criminals as two ways to balance the $54 billion, two-year state budget, the question seems both relevant and timely. [More]
I do differ with their weighting, though:
Gun control is worth just under a seventh of the full Paternalism concept.Sorry, guys. It's worth more than that.
Think about it.
[Via TZ]
What's in a Word?
[Click to enlarge]
"and"?
That's not in the text they reproduced. Nor in the earlier alert.
It changes the whole meaning, and gives credibility to the argument that we're a co-partner in the problem.
It's "in Mexico along the southwest U.S. border."
Ain't no "and."
Let's not let carelessness make our enemies' job easier for them.
[Via Sam W]
When Lighters are Outlawed...
The nanny state has reached a new level of jaw-droppingly stupid ridiculousness. Meet Kansas state senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau, D-Wichita... [More]
Did you ever get the feeling our best and brightest may not go into government...?
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores a proposal that is as idiotic as I've seen--and I've seen some dumb ones.
You can also catch the latest from my colleague GREs.
Please share the link and Digg it--My last piece was on its way to the front page when the antis got a hold of it and buried it. They're on the lookout for killing our stuff, and we could use some help from those who perceive a value from our efforts.
This Day in History: March 2
we have made the necessary preparations for making a Descent on Rhode Island in almost Every perticular and Should have soon proceeded if we had not been Intirely Prevented for want of men... [More]
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Tales of the Stupid Party
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has chosen former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the winner of the first Republican straw poll of the 2012 campaign.[More]Gee, thanks, "conservatives."
Between gungrabbing Mitthead and that "hip-hop makeover" your gungrabbing chairman thinks is just the ticket, you're pretty much telling me you're the enemy, too, when it comes to protecting my right to keep and bear firearms of militia utility.
And no amount of shameless exploitation will convince me otherwise.
Continue to lose.
Gee, if we can't vote our way out of this, what's left?
America's Awakening on Guns Continues
"Broad base opposition." This is an astute observation, and one my friend John Longenecker continually tries to educate me on with varying degrees of success, which is more a tribute to his patience than to my teachability. We aren't writing these columns so gun owners can agree with us. We're reaching out to fellow citizens who don't frequent gun blogs, who aren't necessarily even gun owners. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows media outlets as diverse as The Chatanoogan and The New York Times are starting to notice the popular demand for armed self defense.
It also links to the most current articles by the other Gun Rights Examiners. Please share this column with your friends.
This Day in History: March 1
March 1, 1777 The Pennsylvania State Regiment is officially activated as a unit. The Pennsylvania Council of Safety prescribes that there will be ten companies, "eight of them armed with muskets and the other two with riffles." (sic)They are officially uniformed in a blue regimental coat with red lining and facing and pewter buttons inscribed PSR. Black regimental hats are bound up in yellow. Records of deserters in 1777-78 show however, men clad in various color regimental coats and hunting shirts. [More]
Saturday, February 28, 2009
We're the Only Ones Girl-Fighting Enough
Some of you have sent me the direct YouTube link, but I learned of this from Civil Liberties Examiner J.D. Tuccille, and believe you'd benefit from reading his article as well as watching the video. [More]
I entered my comments on his page, but will add this:
Deputy Paul Schene, you are one of the most disgusting, brutal, thuggish and cowardly "Only Ones" I have ever had occasion to comment on, and I've commented on some pretty disgusting, brutal, thuggish and cowardly ones. If you don't like that, look me up.
I entered my comments on his page, but will add this:
Deputy Paul Schene, you are one of the most disgusting, brutal, thuggish and cowardly "Only Ones" I have ever had occasion to comment on, and I've commented on some pretty disgusting, brutal, thuggish and cowardly ones. If you don't like that, look me up.
andersonpau@ccsu.edu
For CCSU student John Wahlberg, a class presentation on campus violence turned into a confrontation with the campus police due to a complaint by the professor. [More]Paula Anderson doesn't even want to let us talk about it? This is a "communications professor"? What is that, some kind of Orwellian sick joke?
I wonder if she realizes the implications of using police state tactics to close that door?
Someone ought to tell her.
And Wahlberg should have told his inquisitioners to speak to his attorney. I hope they end up doing so, along with a certain miserable Marxist sow.
[Via JD]
UPDATE:
Mike's trying to get me in trouble.
I guess I deflected that.
Oh, and this was the link I included.
Me oh my--the trouble us boys get ourselves into...
For Kirsten Gillibrand, Breaking Up isn't Hard to Do
It's time to dump the rube what brung her to the dance and latch onto that sophisticated, exciting and powerful stranger who can take her places she's only dreamed about before. [More]Oh, unrequited love!
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column is a tawdry little soap opera of infidelity and denial.
I never thought the political slut, which face it, is what Kirsten Gillibrand is, was all that hot to begin with.
Tune in and tell a friend.
As always, it also has the latest columns by the other Gun Rights Examiners.
This Day in History: February 28
The pass granted by Lord and Genl. Howe to William Taylor, dated the 18th, is of such a nature, as not to afford any protection to the Vessel and Crew, even on the most scrupulous construction of the Law of Nations, and She came in so suspicious a manner, without a flag flying, as would have justified severer treatment than mere detention. But 'tis possible, that Taylor and the master of the Vessel, not sufficiently informed of the pr actice necessarily observable in bearing Flags, or Strangers to the instances, in which Protection can with propriety be granted by an Enemy, came with no ill design; I would therefore have the Vessel and hands released, being desirous to remove from our Army every, the smallest, Imputation of an Infringement on the sacred dignity of a Flag. [More]
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